/*
    This file is part of Sylvan.
    Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Cute Chess authors
    Copyright (C) 2019 Wilbert Lee

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with Sylvan.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#ifndef TOURNAMENTFACTORY_H
#define TOURNAMENTFACTORY_H

class QString;
class QObject;
class Tournament;
class GameManager;

/*!
 * \brief A factory for creating Tournament objects. */
class LIB_EXPORT TournamentFactory
{
public:
    /*!
         * Creates and returns a new tournament of type \a type
         * that uses \a manager to manage its games.
         *
         * Returns 0 if \a type is not supported.
         */
    static Tournament* create(const QString& type,
                              GameManager* manager,
                              QObject* parent = nullptr);

private:
    TournamentFactory();
};

#endif // TOURNAMENTFACTORY_H
